Brit Awards 2020


Brit Awards 2020 was the 40th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music show, the Brit Awards, and was marketed as "The 40th Show". It was held on 18 February 2020 at the O2 Arena in London, with Jack Whitehall as the host for the third year running.
BBC Radio 1 host Alice Levine hosted the BRITs Are Coming Nominations Launch Show on 11 January 2020. The show was broadcast on ITV.

Category changes

Several changes were made to the award categories compared to the previous year with the overall number of awards based on nominations reduced from thirteen to nine. None of the categories included fan voting.

Categories not included

Compared to 2019, the following awards were not awarded:
  • International Group Award
  • Best British Video Award
  • Outstanding Contribution to Music Award
  • Global Success Award

    Renamed categories

The following awards were renamed:
  • Best New Artist
  • Rising Star Award
  • Song of the Year

    Controversy

Following the launch show, the Brits were castigated for having male-dominated nominations on the main and gender-neutral categories. The nominations for Album of the Year, Best Group and Best New Artist were almost entirely dominated by male solo artists, except for Mabel who was nominated for the latter, and international singers Normani and Miley Cyrus, who both were up for Song of the Year for their collaborations with Sam Smith and Mark Ronson.

Performers

Pre-ceremony

Main show

Winners and nominees

The winners are in bold.
British Album of the Year
Song of the Year

  • Dave – Psychodrama
  • *Harry Styles – Fine Line
  • *Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
  • *Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
  • *Stormzy – Heavy Is the Head
  • Lewis Capaldi – "Someone You Loved"
  • *AJ Tracey – "Ladbroke Grove"
  • *Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man – "Giant"
  • *Dave featuring Burna Boy – "Location"
  • *Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
  • *Mabel – "Don't Call Me Up"
  • *Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus – "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"
  • *Sam Smith and Normani – "Dancing with a Stranger"
  • *Stormzy – "Vossi Bop"
  • *Tom Walker – "Just You and I"
    • British Male Solo Artist
    		British Female Solo Artist
  • Stormzy
  • *Dave
  • *Harry Styles
  • *Lewis Capaldi
  • *Michael Kiwanuka
  • Mabel
  • *Charli XCX
  • *FKA Twigs
  • *Freya Ridings
  • *Mahalia
    • British Group
    		Best New Artist
  • Foals
  • *Bastille
  • *Bring Me the Horizon
  • *Coldplay
  • *D-Block Europe
  • Lewis Capaldi
  • *Aitch
  • *Dave
  • *Mabel
  • *Sam Fender
    • International Male Solo Artist
    		International Female Solo Artist
  • Tyler, the Creator
  • *Bruce Springsteen
  • *Burna Boy
  • *Dermot Kennedy
  • *Post Malone
  • Billie Eilish
  • *Ariana Grande
  • *Camila Cabello
  • *Lana Del Rey
  • *Lizzo
    • Rising Star Award
    		British Producer of the Year
  • Celeste
  • *Beabadoobee
  • *Joy Crookes
  • Fred Again

    • Multiple nominations and awards

    AwardsArtist
    2Lewis Capaldi